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wxPython gauge problem (skipping)

Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/f40ae1bcf The problem: I made a wx.Gauge, with the range of 50. Then a function that updates Gauge's value when the program is idle. When the gauge is filled by around 50% it empties and doesn't show anything for a while. The value is actually 50 when it does this, and I think that when the value is 50...

How to READ and Write from the Serial Port in C#

I just start to learn How to communicate send data and receive data from my hardware through C# GUI. I already try to learn from Online but still can not understand the concept. can anyone write a detail how to READ data from serial port? Please Help Me.... ...

HEAPSPACE ERROR: cannot figure out what is causing the error

Would anyone mind having a look at these bits of code and see if there is a memory leak in them, it isn't going to be overly large but my program keeps crashing after a while of running and I don't know how to use viualvm even though I have been reading up on it for several days now and haven't the slightest idea what I am looking for in...

Installshield Development Error durring the Installation process

Hey guys, I've been stuck by a problem for the past couple days that makes no sense to me. My installer builds fine in the Installshiled IDE but when it is about to finish the installation, int gets two errors then rollbacks: installation failure. Right when the install bar is at about 100%, an error box pops up that states this: "Erro...

How do you change "Item 1" to something else on a property list?

For my App I have a property list and I can't figure out how to make it change from "Item 1" or "Item 2" to anything else.. Any thoughts? ...

Macro Program/application

Hello, I wan't to create a c# application which simplifies the life of a writer by using macros. I know this tool already exists in well-known programs such as Word or OpenOffice. However, I want to add this extra 'tool' (the macro program) to a main program I've already done. So, what this program should do is replace keybindings for s...

JavaScript error - please help

Using IE 6/7/8, I receive a JavaScript error code. The line of code is: document.getElementById('all').style.backgroundColor = color; The IE 6/7/8 is: Invalid property value Thanks in advance! ...

String Help - Objective C

Hi all, I'm trying to make an app that will respond to your command when inserted. So you type in any text in the first box and press enter. It will respond with a response in the 2nd field. I'm not sure how the coding is done here. I'm having trouble with the "if inputbox text = @"whatever", I'm pretty sure that is completely off. Here...

Handling Hierarchy Data

Hi guys, I have Name Company Nr Mother Company Nr Company A 100 Company B 101 100 Company C 102 100 Company D 103 102 Company E 104 100 in a BusinessObject that I extracted from an XML document I need t...

what help authoring tools do you use

I am looking for recommendations for help authoring tools. Something that would preferably integrate with vs2008. Free would nice! I am giving HelpMaker a shot...It's free! But I am open to suggestions ...

How to write good help pages for rich web based application screens?

I'm working on writing help pages for a web based application. What tools, resources, and/or best practices are there to write help pages that are geared towards individual pages of a rich web application with a lot of functionality? The help system will have a button on each screen that help is available for, when the user clicks on t...

Web Help for a ASP.net 3.5 web application

Hi, I need to create User help for my web application. I know there are several expensive tools to create webhelp like Framemaker or Robohelp. Is there any opensource easy to use ones you can think of? Thanks ...

Desktop application help framework

Consider the requirements for embedding help in a Java desktop application (or applet): Single source for content (such as AsciiDoc) to generate high quality PDF manuals1 Hooks for context-sensitive help Robust, simple, and well documented API (under an hour to learn) Small footprint (a sub-100K Java archive)2 Integrate as a docked MDI...

What's the deal with helpfiles these days?

I added this question at SuperUser for the user's perspective. So I create an application in Delphi or .NET which will run on a desktop system. Some nice GUI with all kinds of functionality and nice features. It works well, tests tell me it's nearly bug-free and I'm about to deploy it... WAIT! It needs a help file, so users can call up...

What does "not run" mean in R help pages?

Sometimes on an R help page the phrase "not run" appears in comments. Check out this from the help page for "with()": Examples require(stats); require(graphics) #examples from glm: **## Not run:** library(MASS) with(anorexia, { anorex.1 <- glm(Postwt ~ Prewt + Treat + offset(Prewt), family = gaussian) summar...

Cross-platform help viewer with search functionality

I am looking for a help viewer like Windows CHM that basically provides support for adding content in HTML format define Table of Contents decent search It should work on Windows, Mac and Linux. Bonus points for also having support for generating a "plain HTML/javascript" version that can be viewed in any browser (albeit without sea...

Need some help with binary chop search

Hey guys, I am trying to work ahead in my algorithms class this year :D and I am doing the class work (so its not marked or assesed as such but just for practise i suppose leading up to a piece of coursework) Anyway - we have been given a list of names in notepad that take the following format "surname, firsrname" and each item is gi...

need help with .htaccess optimizatio, please, site is opening slow and resource hungry

can somebody help me optimize this .htaccess file, it feels like the website takes a bit longer to open then it should, I must be missing some rewritecond'itions ... here's the file contents: AuthUserFile /usr/www/secure/.htpasswd AuthName "Pre Launch Test Area" AuthType Basic RewriteEngine On Options -Indexes RewriteCond %{REQUES...

Looking for a good tool for online help

I'm looking for a tool that would allow a small team to build out on-line help content for our web application. Ideally, the tool would allow us to grow the help content very easily, so something like a wiki or a CMS would work well. I have no real experience with any of these types of tools, so I need some opinions. These are my idea...

JS: Entering a TRUE value into a prompt box and having it alert its variable.

I'm wondering if it's possible to enter a value of a variable into a prompt box have it return to me in an alert of its original variable. Say: var myGoal = "answer"; If I enter "answer" into a prompt, what would a good method be of taking my value of "answer" ,searching, and having it return myGoal in an alert? ...